With 2022 in the books, for the first episode of the new year, Joe Abruzzo, head of commercial banking at Santander Bank, joined the show to review the year in commercial banking and prepare for 2023. Abruzzo spoke about the many economic fluctuations of 2022, how severe a recession in 2023 may be and a lot more.

In the 72nd episode of the ABF Journal Podcast, Trishaala Ninan and Loren Shifrin of REV Capital joined the show to discuss the transformative year for the company, which rebranded in June and is out to reinvent factoring. During the conversation, Ninan and Shifrin discussed REV Capital’s approach to the market, the strategy behind it’s rebrand, their expectations for next year and a lot more.

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In this week’s episode, Matt Little, a partner in global specialty finance and business development at Castlelake, discusses the many effects of rising inflation on consumer and commercial credit finance as well as other secular and cyclical trends in specialty finance, such as bank retrenchment and its impact on leveraged lending and a lot more.

In this week’s episode, Sengal Selassie, managing partner and CEO of Brightwood Capital Advisors joined the show to discuss Brightwood’s activity in the direct lending private investment space as well as what is means to earn an SBIC license, how Brightwood is handling recent labor challenges, the outlook for the franchising and transportation sectors and more.

In this week’s episode, Sarah Lindstrom, president and head of business banking at Citizens, discussed the findings of a survey from Citizens that explored the cash crunch many small and medium-sized businesses have endured during the last year. Lindstrom spoke about businesses raising prices due to unexpected cost increases, how strong cash reserves are important to help navigate economic fluctuations and how lenders can help these borrowers.  

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In this week’s episode, Peter Brady, national financial services leader at RSM, joined the show to talk about the emerging trend of micro-focused segmentation in the financial services industry. Brady discussed what is driving this trend, how it is changing the financial services sector, what financial institutions (especially commercial and specialty lenders) should be doing in response and a lot more.

This week’s episode is the second part of a conversation with Steven Smith of Herrick, Feinstein about the Supreme Court case of Siegel v. Fitzgerald, addressed whether a 2017 increase in the fees owed by Chapter 11 debtors to the Office of the U.S. Trustee created by the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017 was constitutional. In this episode, Smith delved into the outcome of the case, how it will affect bankruptcy law and what it will mean for creditors and debtors.

This week’s episode is the first part of a conversation with Steven Smith of Herrick, Feinstein LLP about the Supreme Court case of Siegel v. Fitzgerald, which will address whether a 2017 increase in the fees owed by Chapter 11 debtors to the Office of the U.S. Trustee created by the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017 is constitutional. In this episode, Smith provided a detailed look at the background of the issue at hand and the arguments on both sides. That will set up next week’s episode, where we’ll delve into which side Smith thinks is in the right, how the Supreme Court’s decision could affect bankruptcy law and what it will mean for creditors and debtors.

In this week’s episode, we looked at a unique perspective to the asset-based lending and private credit marketplace in a conversation with Sloan Sutta from Crayhill Capital Management. During the episode, Sutta discussed Crayhill’s niche definition of ABL and approach to the market, the increasingly larger role of credit funds in the sector and what to expect from the private credit market during the rest of 2022.

In this episode of the ABF Journal Podcast, we revisited the topic of supply chain disruption, but this time, we looked at it from the perspective of valuations. Joining us for the episode was Bill Soncini, national marketing manager for B. Riley Advisory Services, who is an expert in appraisal, valuations and client relations, among other things. In the interview, Soncini looked at how supply chain disruptions are impacting valuations, specifically inventory valuations, and what asset-based lenders can do to support borrowers.